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    ‘We are in mourning’: 51 migrants die after a stifling tractor-trailer is abandoned in Texas

    by Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Kate Linthicum and Hamed Aleaziz, Los Angeles Times Jun 28, 2022 5 minutes
    Police guard an area at the scene where a tractor-trailer was discovered with migrants inside-outside San Antonio, Texas on June 27, 2022.- At least 46 migrants were found dead on June 27, 2022, in and around a tractor-trailer that was abandoned on the roadside on the outskirts of the Texas city of San Antonio.

    SAN ANTONIO — The number of migrants who died after being abandoned in a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas rose to 51 on Tuesday in what may be the deadliest human-smuggling accident in U.S. history.

    As federal investigators sought to connect the tragedy to the sprawling human trafficking networks that span from Central America to the United States, they announced that three people had been detained in connection with the case.

    One was the driver of the truck, said U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas. Two Mexican nationals in the U.S. illegally — Juan Francisco D’Luna-Bilbao and Juan Claudio D’Luna-Mendez — were charged with illegal possession of firearms after police traced the truck’s registration to a San Antonio address and then surveilled the house, according to criminal complaints filed against them.

    World leaders including Pope Francis and President Joe Biden weighed in on the tragedy, with the pope urging prayer “for these brothers and sisters

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